Orrin Hatch: “for some time now Americans have suspected that this administration has lost touch with the American people. John…”

“for some time now Americans have suspected that this administration has lost touch with the American people. John Meacham, the former editor of Newsweek and a fan of the President, explained this detachment by explaining that the President does not ``particularly like people.'' That might be an overstatement, but he is on to something. This administration seems to take its cues from the far left, whether or not they represent the aspirations and hopes of ordinary Americans. Nowhere is this disconnection from the American people on better display than with the hamfisted decision by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Services to require that religious persons and institutions violate their most cherished beliefs or face the consequences. Late last year, HHS ordered all employers, including religious institutions, to cover in their employer insurance plans such things as sterilization, contraception, and abortion-inducing drugs and devices. With very limited exceptions, religious hospitals, universities, and charitable institutions would face the choice of dropping coverage for their employees or violating their consciences. The Nation's Catholic bishops and many other religious institutions pleaded with this administration to grant broader waivers to avoid jeopardizing these institutions' constitutional rights to freely exercise religion.…”